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Calming Nerves After the Storm: a workshop for those rattled by the tornado or other unsettling events

The Hoffman Center for the Arts is hosting a free workshop lead by Katja Biesanz, LPC on Sunday, October 23rd at 2:00 pm.

Our bodies are geared to rev up in danger. Our nervous systems can save our lives in an emergency. But sometimes the system stays on high alert, geared to survive the next few minutes only. Then we don’t find our way back after the danger is over. And so rest, sleep, healing, libido, digestion and other systems of normal daily well-being are slow to return to full functioning.

It is not a matter of how much you actually lost or how close to the crisis you were. Your health, your history, your particular state of mind that morning, your sense of responsibility for others, your deep sensitivity — these could all factor into your reaction to the stress of an emergency. Even if you were simply watching news reports from afar.

Katja Biesanz, LPC, is a psychotherapist particularly skilled in addressing trauma. She is grateful to be able to offer her skills to this extraordinary and generous community that has embraced her in the past year. You can contact Katja via email katja@teleport.com or simply show up for the workshop. There is no registration necessary.

Free TCCC Grant Writing WorkshopMonday, September 26th, 6:30 – 8pmCarl Rawe room at Tillamook PUD, 1115 Pacific Avenue, Tillamook
Parking available in back (since it is after hours, entry will be through the back door)TCCC Grant applications are due October 25, 2016.

The Tillamook County Cultural Coalition (TCCC), on behalf of the Oregon Cultural Trust, is soliciting requests from Tillamook County citizens and organizations interested in obtaining grant funding to develop projects that celebrate the arts, humanities, and heritage of our county.

To be considered, projects must address one or more of the following: cultural education, community art, heritage, the environment, and/or traditions.

To be eligible, grant applicants must be an individual(s), a non-profit organization, or a governmental organization. Individuals must be residents of Tillamook County and organizations must maintain registered headquarters in Tillamook County. Priority will be given to activities that will benefit a significant number of Tillamook County residents.

Grants funded have ranged from $500 to $2,000. Recipients of the 2016 awards include: Nehalem Valley Historical Society, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Community Arts Project, South County Celebration of Language and Literacy, Bay City Arts Center, and Art Accelerated 2016.

Albert Kaufman, a Portland-based consultant, will conduct four free marketing classes for local small businesses and non-profits Thursday, May 12 and Wednesday, May 18 at the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita.

Kaufman specializes in using social networking and email campaigns to improve business effectiveness.

The Hoffman Center held a special meeting Apr. 23 to solicit ideas about the center in the wake of a decision to close down their studio building. The building was shuttered due to concerns about its safety.

“There was a strong desire that we not sell the studio building lot, but retain it for a future structure that would be compatible with and complimentary to the library,” said Center president David Dillon. “People felt that is what Lloyd and Myrtle Hoffman envisioned when they left their property and assets to the community.”

“The building, located at 595 Laneda Ave, will still be torn down – and soon,” Dillon added.

A group of attendees volunteered to form a Mortgage Retirement Committee to address paying down the mortgage on the Center’s main building, located at 594 Laneda Ave.

Another group offered to form an Advisory Committee to take a long-term view of the Center and its future. That would include what and when to build on the soon-to-be vacant studio building land.

“It was a good idea to bring in so many people with good ideas,” said Dillon. “Having cultural activities, including the library on both sides of Laneda, the intersection would be the cultural hub of north Tillamook County and a more beautiful entry into Manzanita.”

The Hoffman Center Reference Library collection is now online for you to browse from your computer. For directions on how to logon click here.

At this time special arrangements need to be made to visit the library, but with enough interest we may have open hours on a regular basis. Studio artists in the Hoffman house may use the library at any time.

Remember that this is a Reference Library, not a Lending Library, so books may be used in the library or in the foyer of the Hoffman house, but must be returned to the shelf when you are finished with them.